Hickam Field - View this location on map Established in 1935, this was Hawaii's largest and most important army airfield when World War II broke out, and in 1941 the only field in Hawaii large enough for B-17 bomber landings. In the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombing here and a other Oahu fields destroyed planes and gave Japanese forces the air superiority to proceed to attack Pearl Harbor warships. Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii Historical

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